Scholarships

The Elizabeth B. Garrett Scholarships

The Elizabeth B. Garrett Scholarships were founded on a bequest made by Mrs. Elizabeth B. White in 1918. This fund provides for five of the department scholarships, namely one each in the following departments: Economics, English, French, History, and Politics.

The Edwin Claybrook Griffith Scholarship

The Edwin Claybrook Griffith Scholarship was established in honor of Emeritus Professor of Economics Edwin Claybrook Griffith in 1988 by Edwin F. Schaeffer, Jr., Class of 1952, 1955 Law. The scholarship is awarded annually to an economics major who demonstrates academic excellence and leadership in student activities. The scholarship is not awarded on the basis of financial need.

The John McKenzie Gunn Scholarship

The John McKenzie Gunn Scholarship was created in 1994 by Professor Gunn's former students in honor of his retirement after more than three decades of distinguished teaching. Professor Gunn began teaching at Washington and Lee in 1957 and was appointed Lewis Whitaker Adams Professor of Economics in 1993.

The scholarship is awarded to a rising senior majoring in economics on the basis of outstanding achievement, leadership, and character. The dean of the Ernest Williams II School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics and the head of the Department of Economics will appoint a selection committee to award the scholarship.

THE KEMPER SCHOLARS PROGRAM IN BRIEF

The Kemper Scholars grant program was the initial activity of the James S. Kemper Foundation and it is the oldest and principal program that seeks to connect summer business experience with undergraduate academic programs and substantial scholarship support based upon financial need. There are sixty to seventy Kemper Scholars, who are selected on the basis of unusually intense commitments to prepare themselves for careers in business.

The intent of the Foundation is to select individuals whose intellectual and practical curiosity extends well beyond their personal and professional success, and who wish through their careers to relate positively to society as a whole. The essence of the program places responsibility on each Scholar to define individually how best to use the experiences and opportunities inherent in the program.

For more information please visit the Kemper Foundation's website.

The L. K. Johnson/Rosasco Scholarship

The Lewis Kerr Johnson Commerce Scholarship was created in 1974 by many friends of Lewis Kerr Johnson who served Washington and Lee University with great distinction from 1933 until his death in 1983.  Dr. Johnson was Professor of Administration and Head of the Administration Department.

The qualifications for the Scholarship are as follows:

• To be awarded to a junior majoring in the Business Administration group or the Business Administration and Accounting group.
• The recipient must have earned a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 in his or her major and in his or her cumulative.
• Applicants must be seriously planning a business and/or professional career and possess those basic characteristics of integrity, initiative, independence, self-discipline, drive and leadership that are generally believed to be required to manage a business firm.
• Equal consideration will be given to academic record and non-academic achievement (including personal characteristics).
• Each year the Selection Committee shall meet, interview, and select the new recipient(s). The Selection Committee shall be composed of the following: Dean of the Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics (chairman), the Associate Dean, Head of the Department of Management, Head of the Department of Accounting, the Director of Financial Aid, and the present L.K. Johnson scholars.
• If in any year the members of the Selection Committee feel that no student meets the qualifications, the scholarship will not be awarded.
• Need for financial aid is to be of secondary consideration in determining the recipient, but is to be weighted heavily if and when all other qualifications are considered equal.

The Wall Street Journal Award

The Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award is made each year to the student with the highest average from those majoring in business administration, business administration and accounting, or economics.

The Award consists of a paperweight and a year's subscription to the Wall Street Journal.

The Glynn Family Scholarship

The Glynn Family Scholarship was established in 1996 by John W. Glynn, Jr., of Atherton, California, and Charlottesville, Virginia, and by his daughter, Alexandra D. Glynn, Washington and Lee, Class of 1992. The scholarship is to be awarded every year to a rising junior who is an economics major, and, when possible, to a student who has shown an interest in an entrepreneurial business career and community service. The scholarship is to be awarded by the Director of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships in consultation with the Dean of the Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics. The selection committee is comprised of the associate dean of the Williams School, the head of the economics department, and the current scholarship holders. Financial need is to be taken into consideration in awarding the scholarship, but is not to be a requirement.